The Foundation invests in initiatives that serve and strengthen communities around the world, and that improve quality of life. The Foundation focuses its resources on organizations and projects in the areas of education, environment, empowerment, and economic development.

Priority Areas

Education

The Foundation believes in creating educational opportunities that help prepare and inspire students to excel. By leveraging our resources and strategic initiatives we can maximize the collective impact of educational initiatives focused on science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

Environment

The Foundation’s initiatives help promote and drive environmental awareness, environmental stewardship, and energy conservation. Our strategic community investments communicate our commitment to being a responsible steward of our natural resources.

Empowerment

The Foundation is committed to building an engaging and dynamic work environment with a mindset of equality and inclusion. We understand that a diverse and inclusive workforce fosters creativity, innovation and camaraderie.

Economic Development

The Foundation supports innovative and impactful economic development initiatives that directly benefit residents and improve quality of life. We leverage our resources to enable infrastructure efforts, and purposefully use local and regionally owned businesses and talent as appropriate.

Good for Good News

The establishment of a STREAMWORKS, a strong network of coaches and a new STEM gym with practice field are making an extraordinary impact for students at Eastman’s global headquarters in East Tennessee.

Since the formation of STREAMWORKS, an educational partnership powered by the Eastman Foundation, students involved in STEAM activities – specifically robotics – are noting a substantial change. For the first time, Dobyns-Bennett’s FIRST Robotics team earned a spot at the international competition and one of the local middle school teams advanced to the state tournament. STREAMWORKS supports local educational efforts in a number of ways and demonstrates that having the right resources and visionary leadership can spark change that empowers great success. Learn More

STREAMWORKS, an educational partnership powered by the Eastman Foundation, is celebrating outstanding individuals age 20 and under who demonstrate exemplary achievements in community service, entrepreneurialism, leadership, academics, and STEM activities. Beyond the recognition of these students, this initiative will spotlight the critical necessity of STEM education throughout the Appalachian Highlands region. Encouraging students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and math is vital to the survival of the workforce in our region as well as the nation’s economy. Learn More

Eastman Foundation, in conjunction with the 2018 G7 Summit, is advocating for action in addressing challenges and identifying innovative solutions to better understand our ocean. In celebration of World Oceans Day, Eastman Foundation is pleased to introduce The Great Blue Challenge. The Challenge is designed to spark innovation - and to find unique, creative and potentially transformative projects that will expedite ocean research.